Install on a second drive

[Marvin Weide]

Thank you for your quick reply. When I boot Yellow Dog holding down the "C",
YD asks to erase the drive! (I assume it means my internal with OS not the
second drive) My real question is how do I get YD to install on the second
drive partition 1? 


> From: Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:21:53 -0400
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> Subject: Re: Install on a second drive
> 
> I just spent a bit of time on this so my memory should be reliable.
> We'll see...
> You should be able to use the Partition function within Apple's Disk
> Utility which came with your system.  Remember that within it's view
> the best way to prepare a Linux disk partition is to select one of the
> partitions to be Free. Not Unix nor anything else.  Then YDL can read
> it when it boots from the to actually install YDL stuff.
> 
> There is a problem here, which I'll get to in a moment.  But BEFORE you
> even get to this point you should back up everything on the Mac OS X
> side as ALL partitions will be affected and changed as a result of
> using Apple's Disk Utility.  This is not a problem really if you know
> how to create tar balls (compressed tar files of your entire system,
> but remember tar doesn't recognize Apple data or resource forks), or
> perhaps you know how to use disk images properly... it may be best if
> you just get Dantz's Retrospect and you'll then have a reliable back up
> system.  In short, back up your Mac OS X side first (if you are using
> Classic still, that partition also has to be backed up as well with a
> different version of Dantz's program for Classic).  When all that is
> done, remember that the backup is a fail-safe strategy.
> 
> EVEN if you manage to find a program which promises you that you can do
> partitions live in real time and on the fly ... before you use that
> program, do a complete back up of what you have first.
> 
> AFTER all that is done, and you have then created a Free partition.  Oh
> before I forget.... even if you already use a separate partition as
> small as 4G for an eDrive created with Micromat's Techtool Pro, even
> that partition will be destroyed and have to be rebuilt by Apple's Disk
> Utility.  Apple's utility warns you before you do anything anyway, but
> still one
> should be aware that some can think that Apple somehow is joking.  So
> as a rule when partitioning any one drive, consider that all the other
> partitions on that drive will be affected as a rule, and just be
> prepared.  A bit of serious preparation is better than wishing one had.
> 
> Ok.  That's done.  The Free partition exists.  And you have also
> created a Journaled HFS partition for Mac OS X.  Fine.
> You can either restore your Mac stuff or just move right into loading
> YDL.  Just stick the first YDL install disk into the CD/DVD drive press
> the c key to invoke yaboot and you should be on your way.
> 
> Remember that the Free partition will not be visible from the MacOS
> side, unless you know which unix tools to use.  In any case, after it
> is partitioned as I have described it isn't necessary for you to see it
> as long as YDL see's it when it is installing.
> 
> It appears you have a second drive for YDL; great!  You of course can
> physically know and see the drive but again the Mac OS X won't see it
> (the Free partition) or register it without certain things happening
> first, none of which is necessary to get YDL running anyway.  So don't
> worry about that, focus on getting YDL to complete the installation
> process so that you can boot from and directly into YDL.  After that is
> done, you may prefer to work and live entirely within YDL, anyway and
> forget the other OS which is abandoning the PowerPC.... Boo Hiss
> 
> If you have a plan and are skilled enough in creating Linux partitions
> so that you want YDL to boot from a specific partition such as the
> "first partition of the second drive" you will have to forgo using the
> automatic installer which comes with YDL and manually create the mount
> point at that location first and then proceed with the rest of the YDL
> installation process.
> 
> Best wishes....
> 
> On Jul 9, 2005, at 7:57 PM, Marvin Weide wrote:
> 
>> I have a Macintosh G5 with a second 300 gb drive partioned. The second
>> drive
>> does not show up in the system preferences under the startup disc.
>> 
>> How do I boot the Yellow dog install disc so it installs onto the first
>> partition of the second drive?
>> 
>> Marvin Weide
>> weide at amug.org
>> 
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